CVE-2026-7693

HIGHPre-NVD 7.27.2—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-05. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 2%CVSS: 7.2Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to OS Command Injection in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.5.1 due to insufficient sanitization of the file POST parameter on the restoreBackup() AJAX handler. The handler applies esc_attr() — an HTML-context sanitizer that does not strip shell metacharacters — and concatenates the result, unquoted, into a php-cli -f … bmi_restore command passed to exec(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access (or any user granted the plugin's do_backups capability) and above, to execute arbitrary OS commands as the web-server user, bypassing WordPress hardening constants such as DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT and DISALLOW_FILE_MODS that would otherwise prevent code execution from the admin UI. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2023-7002, which patched the same pattern only in the $_POST['url'] path of handleQuickMigration(); the equivalent mitigations (rawurlencode() + explicit shell-metachar replacement + double-quoting in exec()) were never applied to $backupName.

CVSS v3
7.2
EG Score
7.2(high)
EG Risk
33(Track)
EG Risk 33/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity72% × 45%
Exploitation2% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
2%
EPSS %ILE
81%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 5, 2026

Last Modified

August 12, 2026

References (8)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-7693(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 31× in last 7d / 72× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 02:37 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 02:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 14:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 01:42 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-20 01:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-19 13:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 01:06 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-19 01:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 12:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-17 23:48 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-17 23:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-17 11:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-16 23:16 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-16 23:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-16 10:59 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-16 10:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-15 22:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-15 10:28 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-15 10:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-14 22:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-14 09:55 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-14 09:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-13 21:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-13 09:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-12 21:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-12 20:13 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-12 20:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-12 07:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-11 19:41 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-11 19:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-11 07:25 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-11 07:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-10 19:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-10 06:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-09 18:37 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-09 18:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-09 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-09 06:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-08 18:06 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-08 18:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-08-08 05:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-07 17:34 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-08-07 17:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-08-07 05:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-06 17:02 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-08-06 17:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-06 04:46 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-06 04:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-05 16:30 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-05 16:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-05 16:13 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-08-05 16:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-05 08:23 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-08-05 07:24 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-05 07:20 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-7693?
CVE-2026-7693 is a high vulnerability published on August 5, 2026. The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to OS Command Injection in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.5.1 due to insufficient sanitization of the file POST parameter on the restoreBackup() AJAX handler. The handler applies escattr() — an HTML-context sanitizer that does not…
When was CVE-2026-7693 disclosed?
CVE-2026-7693 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 5, 2026, with the most recent update on August 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-7693 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-7693 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 18.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-7693?
CVE-2026-7693 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-7693?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-7693, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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